I have commented on the surprising choice of names of those making settlement with HMRC, published yesterday. Ivan Horrocks of the Open University, a regular
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HMRC do an offshore tax prosecution – and it’s another dodgy trader from the north west. What is going on?
The FT reports this morning: Two businessmen were jailed on Wednesday after pleading guilty to lying about cash they hid outside the UK, in the
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Could it be that only ‘little people’ are named and shamed for not paying tax?
Accountancy Age (and many others) have reported: HM Revenue & Customs have today published the names of tax defaulters on their website for the first
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Is HMRC deliberately not tackling tax avoidance?
Margaret Hodge’s Public Accounts Committee is continuing its excellent work, that is much despised by the tax profession because of the effectiveness of what she
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HMRC are going to lose more than 6% of staff tackling tax avoidance and evasion in the next year
I noticed an exchange in Parliament yesterday, albeit in written answers, in which Catherine McKinnell MP asked David Gauke MP, the minister she shadows: How many staff he expects to
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HMRC shows it remains committed to helping big business do cosy international tax deals
The House of Lords has continued to hear evidence on the General Anti-Abuse Rule, the latest hearing being this week. The transcript has not yet been published, but
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HMRC’s new board appointees: more from the Big 4 and big business. No wonder we don’t collect tax
HMRC announced new board appointments yesterday. I have no doubt the new people all have merits: nothing I say suggests otherwise. But we now have
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There is one tax inspector for every £198 million of income amongst the UK’s top earners. No wonder tax avoiders are winning
The FT has reported: Hundreds of thousands more wealthy individuals will appear on HM Revenue & Customs’ radar after it doubled its team for tackling
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What David Cameron has to do to tackle corporate tax avoidance: a 15 point action plan
I have just noted what David Cameron had to say yesterday on tax avoidance by multinational companies. I’m delighted he has said he will tackle
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